Simile

After breaking up with you, I feel like a Mickey Mouse money in a purse stuffed
with USDs.
Trees are like us, kids, trying to reach the sky above.

Metaphor

You are the sunshine in my life.

Poverty is a cancer of our society.

Personification

The leaves of the trees are dancing to the rhythm of the wind.
Coconut trees bowed to the mightiness of Yolanda.

Hyperbole

Michaels bag weighs a ton!

Its two in the morning and I havent gone home yet. I should prepare a million
reasons to say to my mother when I get home, or else, I might have to change
my address.

Apostrophe

Me of the future, I call on to you!

Visit me in the shambles of my life,
I am growing into a prisoner,
Of my own decisions,
Travel back in time
In the speed of a tachyon,
Or else we might never meet in the crossroads.

Ugh, cell phone, why wont you load my messages?

Alliteration

The sly, slithering snake snuck into the shed.

The river rushed rapidly over the rocks.

Consonance

I think I like the pink kite.

Kenneths foot left a print on the carpet.

Metonymy
 Elizabeth passed over the crown to William.
Mary lend Gina a hand in doing the handicraft.

Synecdoche

1. "Beautiful are the feet that bring the good news." The Bible
3. "Friends, Romans, Countrymen, lend me your ears." Julius Caesar,
Shakespeare

Anaphora

1. I am awake. I am strong. I am ready.

2. Mom, we will not run. We will not scream. We will not be late.

Assonance
1. The light of the fire is a sight. (repetition of the long i sound)
2. Go slow over the road. (repetition of the long o sound)

Irony
1. Looking at her son's messy room, Mom says, "Wow, you could win an
award for cleanliness!"
2. On the way to school, the school bus gets a flat tire and the bus driver
says, "Excellent! This day couldn't start off any better!"

Onomatopoeia

The train went like "choo choo" as it passed at the station.

The bird chirped when she saw me in my swimsuit attire.

Paradox
Your enemys friend is your enemy.
I am nobody.

Euphemism
In a better place; pass away; meet your makerto die
In a family way; with child; bun in the ovento be pregnant
The King of Thailand passed away last year. stead of died
May drug addicts are being sent to correctional facilities all over the country.

Oxymoron
This is another fine mess you have got us into.
 There is a real love-hate relationship developing between the two of
them.

Antithesis

"Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing." - Goethe.

"That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." - Neil Armstrong.